Church as Sacrament of Yin-yang Harmony: Toward a More Incisive Participation of Laity and Women in the Church
The author proposes a development of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conference's theology of church as a sacrament of harmony, drawing in particular from the East Asian concept of yin-yang unity and integration. In Daoist beliefs, yin and yang are the generative forces of the cosmos whose blen...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2019]
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Theological studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 80, Issue: 2, Pages: 414-435 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences
/ Church
/ Sacrament
/ Yin-yang
/ Gender composition
/ Layman
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| RelBib Classification: | BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NBN Ecclesiology NBP Sacramentology; sacraments RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Federation of Asian Bishops Conference
B church as sacrament B Laity B Harmony B gender fluidity B Yin-yang B Dualism |
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| Summary: | The author proposes a development of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conference's theology of church as a sacrament of harmony, drawing in particular from the East Asian concept of yin-yang unity and integration. In Daoist beliefs, yin and yang are the generative forces of the cosmos whose blending and balancing result in harmony or the unimpeded flow of Qi-Ch'i. Yin and yang are opposite, complementary, non-dualistic, and fluid qualities of beings/things relative to particular contexts. The yin-yang symbolism can be fruitful for reimagining man-woman, cleric-lay, and other dualities in the church as fluid polarities. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563919836444 |